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What does New Consumer Agenda mean?

On 13 November 2020, the European commission launched the New consumer Agenda (see the New Consumer Agenda Communication), following the 2012 Consumer Agenda which expired in 2020 and the 2018 new deal for consumers. The New Consumer Agenda aims to strengthen consumer resilience for sustainable recovery. The New Consumer Agenda sets out a long-term vision and introduces five key priorities areas and action points to be taken from 2020 to 2025: • green transition—creating a legal proposal aiming to provide better information on sustainability to consumers • digital transformation—adapting existing legislation to the digital transformation • redress and enforcement of consumer rights: strengthening the Consumer protection network and developing toolbox of e-tools to tackle illegal online market practices and identify unsafe products • specific needs of consumer groups: ensuring the protection of vulnerable consumers • international cooperation—developing an action plan on product safety with China

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EU Consumer Credit Directive II—essentials

EU Consumer Credit Directive II—essentials This Practice Note provides an overview of Directive (EU) 2023/2225 on credit agreements for consumers (CCD II) which will repeal and replace the current Consumer Credit Directive, Directive 2008/48/EC (CCD I). CCD II has been necessitated by rapid technological development in the consumer credit market and new forms of consumer credit emerging since CCD I was published in 2008. CCD II widens the scope of the existing regime, adapts information requirements to cater for digital devices, strengthens creditworthiness assessments as well as a number of other changes aimed at protecting consumers from exploitation that will have a significant impact on the EU’s consumer credit market. The text of CCD II was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 30 October 2023 and entered into force on 19 November 2023. Date of application of CCD II EU Member States must adopt and publish the laws and regulations necessary to comply with CCD II by 20 November 2025 and must apply the...

The EU General Product Safety Directive 2001/95/EC [Archived]

The EU General Product Safety Directive 2001/95/EC [Archived] ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. STOP PRESS: The General Product Safety Directive (GPSD) has been repealed by Regulation (EU) 2023/988, also known as the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR). For more information on the GPSR, see Practice Note: The EU General Product Safety Regulation. This Practice Note contains guidance regarding Directive 2001/95/EC also known as the General Product Safety Directive (GPSD). The GPSD requires producers to place on the market only products that are safe. It also requires Member States to conduct market surveillance activities in order to ensure that producers and distributors comply with their obligations. This Practice Note provides an overview of the objectives, scope and recent developments of the GPSD. It also describes the producer and distributor obligations under the Directive and analyses the assessment of product safety as well as the Rapid Alert System also known as the Safety Gate. This Practice Note is focused on EU law and does not include...

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Commission launches Consumer Agenda 2025-2030 consultation

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on its Consumer Agenda 2025-2030, which aims to strengthen consumer protection legislation enforcement and digital consumer rights. The agenda includes measures focused on digital fairness, consumer law enforcement and an action plan for consumers in the Single Market. The consultation period runs from 19 May to 11 August 2025.

Council of the EU adopts its position on the revised EU consumer credit directive

The Council of the European Union has agreed its position on the revised EU Consumer Credit Directive (which repeals and replaces the current 2008 directive on credit agreements). The Commission’s proposal significantly broadens the scope of the consumer credit regime to include small loans below EUR 200, loans offered through crowdfunding platforms and buy-now-pay-later products. However, the Council proposes that certain products should be excluded from the scope, including direct crowdfunding, deferred payment and deferred debit cards, as well as rental or leasing contracts without any obligation or option to buy the property.

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